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		<h1 id="Introduction">Introduction</h1>
		<p>Filtering is an addon to filter capella models. It provides several capabilities:</p>
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			<li>Definition of filtering criteria to be associated with model elements</li>
			<li>Definition of results containing criteria</li>
			<li>Visualization of criteria and results in diagrams</li>
			<li>Creation of filtered models</li>
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		<p>In this Add-On, Capella elements are enriched with filtering related information (see Appendix 1: Filtering Add-On Metamodel). The new functionalities for filtering management presented in the following sections are built on top of this filtering information.</p>
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						<b>Contributions:</b> The new actions are available in the Filtering submenu of Project Explorer elements and Diagram elements. It also contributes to Decorators, Semantic browser and Validations. Filtering AddOn also contributes a View (
						<i>Diagram Filtering Criteria Visibility</i>)
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